After my late night last night I get up about 10 today. I'm going to make my own way to the terracotta warriors today, bus is 7, then 150 for entry. I have heard mixed reports on how good it is, but it is one of those things you have to see. By the time I get myself together I'm walking out of the hostel at about 11.30, the half hour walk to the station, queue up and refund my ticket that i bought yesterday. I get 95% back, so i lost £1 for being an idiot. After...

Feeling particularity fresh today considering what I went through yesterday. Had a bit of a lie in though, not rising until 10. I am planning to cycle the city wall today with Yolanda and Catherine, I must be mad attempting that after my climb yesterday, especially as it is 13k perimeter. The girls meet me at the hostel at 1.30 and we head to try and get me a train ticket. It will be much easier with someone who speaks Chinese rather than me bumbling my way throu...

7am arrives far too soon and it really is significant effort to drag myself out of bed. Luckily, I had made to right decision in packing my stuff the night before, so I don't have to mess around this morning. I grab my stuff and head out. I'll get food and stuff when I get to HuaShan. I get out of the hostel by 7.20 and I have arranged to meet the Swedes just before 8 at the train station. I arrive just about 8 and the place is bedlam, people everywhere, but no s...

Had a good nap today, but need to get up now as I don't have any deodorant, so i'll have to sort that now. I walk down to the two main shopping centres to see what I can get. Now, these shopping centres are set up more like House of Fraser rather than a conventional shopping centre, unfortunately they also carry massive price tags as well. I eventually find a supermarket on the bottom floor, but when I look round I can't see any deodorant at all, al sorts of cosm...

So today is the day!!! Hard sleeper day! I'm sure this will be quite the experience. So I am just relaxing in the hostel before I have to go for my train which is at 4.30, although I am going to leave at about 2 because god knows what complications I will run in to, as nothing is straightforward here. I was going to go to the art district or the Temple of Heaven this morning, but I think I would have left myself too rushed, so decided just to relax, sort out some...